Red Earth Women Presents is pleased to bring another February event with OPEN MIC and special-guest-island-artist Dianne Hicks Morrow. Since the publication of her poetry collection Long Reach Home in 2002, Dianne has given readings and writing workshops across Canada. A former executive director of the L.M. Montgomery Institute at UPEI, and a past president of the…
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: THE ISLAND FICTION READER: AN ANTHOLOGY OF NEW FICTION
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS THE ISLAND FICTION READER: AN ANTHOLOGY OF NEW FICTION Prince Edward Island‘s Acorn Press invites writers to submit unpublished short stories for a new anthology of fiction by PEI writers, to be published in spring 2012. Potential contributors must have a significant Prince Edward Island connection, for example: born or raised in …
THIS TOWN IS SMALL INC.’ , THE PEI WRITERS’ GUILD, and PEAKE STREET STUDIOS
Island Poems: A collaborative art project involving Prince Edward Island poets and artists from many disciplines will be mounted at The Gallery @ The Guild during poetry month this April. The interdisciplinary project marks the first time Peake Street Studios and “this town is small inc.” have joined forces. Working with the Prince Edward Island Writers’…
Winter’s Tales Authors’ Reading Series
Contact person: Dr. Richard Lemm, UPEI Department of English / 566-0592 / rlemm@upei.ca WHAT: A RAVENOUS EVENING WITH JOHN STEFFLER & RICHARD CUMYN WHEN: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 7:30 WHERE: UPEI FACULTY LOUNGE When long-time Newfoundland resident John Steffler, Canada’s Parliamentary Poet during 2006-2008, gives a reading, it’s…
Heather Adkins launches new book Feb. 12 at the Confederation Centre Public Library
Heather Adkins will launch her new book, What do you see? on Saturday, February 12 at 2 p.m. at the Confederation Centre Public Library. In the book, Adkins, who was raised in Kenya, explores the differences and similarities that are found in the everyday lives of two little boys from two completely different cultures. The…
Authorforsale.com
Author For Sale.com The Showcase for authors where the publisher comes looking for you! http://www.authorforsale.com One of our Showcase authors asked us to forward the above link to you, ideally for shared circulation with any of the aspiring authors within your writer’s group. Many authors, whether currently in early stages of contemplating an idea for…
Reader’s Digest seeks freelancers
Reader’s Digest is now actively seeking story pitches from Canadian freelancers. Interested writers can contact freelance editor Zach Wells at zachwells@gmail.com with queries and/or pitches. http://canadianmags.blogspot.com/2010/06/readers-digest-actively-recruiting.html —
Victor Toews: 1930-2010
We are saddened by the passing of Victor Toews, one of our early, long-time, and devoted members. Victor was a wonderful human being: warm, sweet, kind, caring, generous. Many of us, too, were privileged to hear and read his lovely writing over the years. He was a great supporter of other writers and of the…
Authors Ken McGoogan and Aline Apostolska at the helm of the Public Lending Right Commission
Ottawa, June 9, 2010 — Writers and journalists Ken McGoogan and Aline Apostolska are, respectively, the newly elected Chair and Vice-Chair of the Public Lending Right Commission (PLRC). Both Ken McGoogan, who represents The Writers’ Union of Canada on the Commission, and Aline Apostolska, who represents the Union des écrivaines et des écrivains québécois, underlined…
red earth women presents Moe Clark
Moe Clark, our guest-artist-from-montreal on thursday may 20 at red earth women presents is off erring an awesome workshop the next afternoon. please peruse the info and IF you can let me know IF you MIGHT be interested so we might have a sense… that would be grand moe’s looping pedal workshop friday, may 21 ”…
Bluefield High School Students Open House Reading
What: Bluefield High School Students Open House Reading Where: Confederation Centre Art Gallery When: April 24th, 7:00-8:30 p.m. Would you would like to hear some creative and thought-provoking young voices? If so, please come to the Confederation Centre Art Gallery for an open house of readings from the Creative Writing Group of Bluefield High School led…
GALA BOOK LAUNCH & POETRY CELEBRATION
A gala book launch and poetry celebration will be held on Saturday, May 8, at 7:30-9:30 p.m. at the Haviland Club, at Haviland and Water Streets in Charlottetown, The gala is sponsored by the UPEI English Department and PEI Writers’ Guild. The evening features new books by Island authors Richard Lemm and David Helwig, a…
The Writing Pool 